Health Archive
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Health Care Racket for the Cozy Few
Posted on March 28, 2012 | No CommentsVast swaths of people get inadequate care By William A. Collins In most countries, health care is aimed at curing the sick. Here, not so much. In the United States,... -
Countless Attacks on Reproductive Freedom
Posted on March 21, 2012 | 1 CommentPublic outcry turns to an eruption By Martha Burk It’s not about free speech. Within extremely wide limits, Rush Limbaugh certainly has the right to say anything he... -
Unhealthy Perspectives on Sexual Health
Posted on March 7, 2012 | 1 CommentIgnorance is not bliss By Ann L. Hanson Yesterday, as I was preparing for work, I heard a female TV anchorperson make the statement: “The availability of contraception often times... -
Affordable Mental Health
Posted on March 7, 2012 | 2 CommentsCulturally-sensitive counseling center opens By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Portlanders and their families experiencing mental health, addiction and relationship issues now have an affordable place to turn to at the... -
Randall Children’s Hospital Opens
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsNew $245 million facility on Legacy Emanuel campus After three years of construction, the Randall Children’s Hospital, located on the campus of Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in north Portland, opened... -
Howling over EPA Mercury Regulations
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsGOP lawmakers pick business over the unborn By Jim Hightower Why do the Republicans in Congress hate unborn babies? Yeah, I know they profess to love the unborn. They even... -
Bud Clark Success
Posted on February 8, 2012 | 1 CommentNew housing makes dent in fighting homelessness By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer After six-months of providing affordable housing to thousands of Portland’s most vulnerable and chronically homeless, the Bud... -
Clean Air Safeguards are Needed
Posted on February 8, 2012 | No CommentsCoal plants put profits before people By Oscar Eason In my role and steward of the civil and human rights agenda of the NAACP in Oregon, I learned something that... -
Dental decay 100 percent preventable
Posted on February 1, 2012 | 1 CommentFor Your Health By Charles LaTourette According to the Oregon Department of Human Services and national studies, Oregon children have among the highest rates of dental decay in the nation,... -
Teaching Kids to Become Like Ninjas
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 1 CommentMaster of Korean martial art empowers local youth By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Although historically secret and closed to most individuals throughout the world, one local martial arts master is... -
New Life with a New Heart
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsSurvivor illustrates need for organ donors By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer Luther Lockett Jr. is about to celebrate his 25th year with a transplanted heart, which without, he would... -
Neighborhood Investment Coming
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentNew Seasons to build store on abandoned block New Seasons Market announced last week plans to convert a long-vacant lot into their 13th store, which will be located in Portland’s... -
A Community for All Ages
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentBridge Meadows mentors foster kids By Mindy Cooper/The Portland Observer A new housing community in north Portland is dedicated to changing the face of the foster care system by bringing... -
Local Woman Writes Cookbook
Posted on January 4, 2012 | No CommentsShares knowledge about weight loss Once a morbidly obese woman who consumed highly caloric processed food, Chrisetta Mosley has turned a new leaf and wants to share her new found... -
University Students Give Back
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No CommentsBurrito Project helps those in need Over the past two months, a pair of University of Portland Masters of Business Administration students has led a larger group of colleagues on...
